WASHINGTON -- US first lady Melania Trump said Wednesday she was "honored" by the welcome she received in South Korea during her husband's state visit there.

President Donald Trump was accompanied by his wife as he visited Seoul from Tuesday to Wednesday.

South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (R) and U.S. first lady Melania Trump take a stroll inside South Korea`s presidential compound, Cheong Wa Dae, in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2017. (Yonhap)

"I was honored by the warm welcome we received in the Republic of Korea," the first lady said in remarks released by the White House. "I very much enjoyed the conversations I had with Mrs. Kim and was impressed by the children I had the opportunity to meet."